The U.S. government lied to a court to get search warrants for computer servers in Virginia belonging to Megaupload.com., which is accused of orchestrating the biggest copyright-infringement conspiracy in U.S. history, the file-sharing website said.
The U.S. government had sought Megaupload’s cooperation in the investigation and the company agreed, unaware it was the target of the investigation, Megaupload said in a filing yesterday in federal court in Alexandria, Virginia.
